By Salvatore Landolina

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Lazio will find it difficult keeping Thomas Hitzlsperger in the summer as TottenthamHotspur are ready to make a move for him, according to Il Corriere Dello Sport.

The German midfielder joined Lazio from Stuttgart in January until the end of the season. Lazio paid €450,000 for him and gave him a €1 million wage deal for the six months to June.

He has the option to sign an extension with the club, but he has been linked with a return to the Premier League, where he played for Aston Villa between 2000 and 2005.

Tottenham are expected to make their interest known in the 27-year-old, who has not played regularly since November. He has struggled to break into the starting XI as new coach Edy Reja has preferred Stefano Mauri.﻿Wages may prompt Hitzlsperger to accept a good offer from the Premier League. He was on €2.5m per annum at Stuttgart, but the Italians will not be willing to offer that in order to keep him.